Generation and characterization of a conditional deletion allele for Lmna in mice

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 440, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Kim, Youngjo ^a   Zheng, Yixian ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional knockout; Cre loxP; Gene targeting; Laminopathies; Lamins; Lmna

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; LAMIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; LETHALITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CONDITIONAL KNOCKOUT; CRE-LOXP; GENE TARGETING; LAMINOPATHIES; LAMINS; LMNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; LAMIN TYPE A; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE;

MUS;

EID: 84885383618     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.08.082     Document Type: Article

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